Synonyms of hopefully

hopefully

adverb

as in optimistically

in a positive or optimistic manner

They waited hopefully for the doctor to update them on their friend's condition.

When the sun appeared, we asked hopefully if everyone remembered to bring sunblock.

Related Words

• optimistically
• happily
• cheerfully
• confidently
• joyfully
• positively
• joyously
• expectantly
• gladly
• giddily
• exuberantly
• sanguinely
• amusedly
• gigglingly
• brightly
• blithely
• friendly
• lightheartedly
• laughingly
• amicably
• breezily
• blissfully
• bullishly
• jocularly
• sunnily
• blithesomely
• merrily
• cheerily
• gladsomely
• rapturously
• smilingly
• jovially
• elatedly
• good-naturedly
• heartily
• euphorically
• good-humoredly
• jocosely
• friendlily
• mirthfully
• gaily

Dissimilar Words

• pessimistically
• dismally
• gloomily
• drearily
• dejectedly
• despondently
• blackly
• disconsolately
• forlornly
• mournfully
• sorrowfully
• abjectly
• wretchedly
• plaintively
• heavily
• dolefully
• sternly
• dispiritedly
• unhappily
• miserably
• glumly
• darkly
• sullenly
• sulkily
• sourly
• dourly
• morosely
• bleakly
• dolorously
• mirthlessly
• cheerlessly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hopefully

So how can the FCC maximize the odds that those institutions continue to survive and hopefully thrive into the future? — Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026

And hopefully there’s a Nobel prize on its way for some of our colleagues. — Quanta Magazine, 6 Aug. 2026

At the moment, the Dolphins have Robinson moving along the defensive front, typically trying to match him up on the side where the tight end is lining up, hopefully to provide a favorable matchup. — Omar Kelly august 6, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026

Steve will then hopefully be able to join some of his fellow birds in one of the Hopefield Animal Sanctuary’s aviaries. — Adam England, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026

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